A lively cultural landscape enriches, inspires, and includes our entire community—from school children to seniors. We support programs and strategies that expand exposure to arts education, increase access to and participation in the arts, and ensure the vibrancy of our cultural institutions.
Pan American Unity: Diego Rivera’s monumental mural at SFMOMA
"Pan American Unity," Diego Rivera's largest mural, is monumental both in size and in scope. How the 30-ton mural travelled seven miles from CCSF to SFMOMA is its own great saga. Read more about the universities, interns, docents, and custodio who brought this mural to the public.
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Koret Foundation injects $6M into Bay Area’s major arts institutions
The Koret Foundation will award $6 million in grants to about 40 cultural institutions to help rejuvenate the Bay Area arts scene following three economically tough years.
Koret Foundation Grants $6M to Bay Area Arts and Culture Efforts
Grants over three-year period to expand arts education and engagement, restore Bay Area’s cultural backbone
Koret Spring Update: Celebrating Bay Area Arts and Culture
Koret has announced $6M in new grants to support local arts and cultural organizations over the next three years. More than 40 such institutions will benefit from Koret’s investment in the next generation of artists, audiences, and patrons.
Koret Spring Update: Moving Forward
Over the past nearly two years, COVID-19 taught us many lessons about what really matters. Among them was how vital it is to have access to high-quality local arts and cultural programming. Across the Bay Area, concert halls, art galleries, and exhibition spaces were the first to shutter in March 2020, and many of them remained closed well into 2021. But now, as the Bay Area continues to reopen, the art world is poised to make a comeback.